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Test Strategy |
- A test plan for software project can be defined as a document that defines the scope, objective, approach and emphasis on a software testing effort
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- Test strategy is a set of guidelines that explains test design and determines how testing needs to be done
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- Components of Test plan include- Test plan id, features to be tested, test techniques, testing tasks, features pass or fail criteria, test deliverables, responsibilities, and schedule, etc.
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- Components of Test strategy includes- objectives and scope, documentation formats, test processes, team reporting structure, client communication strategy, etc.
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- Test plan is carried out by a testing manager or lead that describes how to test, when to test, who will test and what to test
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- A test strategy is carried out by the project manager. It says what type of technique to follow and which module to test
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- Test plan narrates about the specification
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- Test strategy narrates about the general approaches
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- Test strategy cannot be changed
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- Test planning is done to determine possible issues and dependencies in order to identify the risks.
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- It is a long-term plan of action.You can abstract information that is not project specific and put it into test approach
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- A test plan exists individually
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- In smaller project, test strategy is often found as a section of a test plan
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- It is defined at project level
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- It is set at organization level and can be used by multiple projects
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